Patents by Inventor Stephen L. Redmond

Stephen L. Redmond has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Integral store suspension and communication device
    Patent number: 4322998
    Abstract: An Integral Store Suspension and Communication Device (ISSCD) that transf power and data to and from a store, senses store separations, and provides mechanical suspension of a store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1982
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Steven E. Fowler, George N. Hennings, Joseph E. Hibbs, Stephen L. Redmond, Richard M. Swenson
  • Trajectory adaptive safety-arming device
    Patent number: 4099466
    Abstract: A safety-arming device for use in a highly maneuverable missile is disclo which takes into account lateral acceleration of the missile and selects the proper point in the trajectory after which arming of the missile warhead may safely proceed. The safety-arming device uses a series of electrical, mechanical, and electromechanical interlocks to insure that premature arming of the missile warhead does not occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1978
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Stephen L. Redmond, James E. Means, Michael R. Osburn
  • Aircraft to weapon fuze communication link
    Patent number: 4091734
    Abstract: An aircraft-to-weapon fuze communication link that transfers fuzing inforion between the aircraft and weapon via an optical data and power link in the absence of any physical connection. The information is transferred via an infrared light beam in digital format. Power to run the fuze receiver during the data transfer process is supplied from a high power light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Stephen L. Redmond, Steven E. Fowler
  • Pressure-armed ordnance fuze
    Patent number: 3962974
    Abstract: An air droppable, air-tight warhead cannister containing a plurality of prranged bomblets, each bomblet having a novel pressure-sensitive fuze capable of being committed to an "armed" position by the presence of a predetermined fluid pressure in the cannister, and advanced to a fully "armed" position when said fluid pressure is dissipated and said bomblets dispersed from their prearranged disposition within the cannister.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1973
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Matthew E. Anderson, Stephen L. Redmond
  • Pressure-armed explosive apparatus
    Patent number: 3938438
    Abstract: An air droppable sealed warhead cannister capable of housing a plurality of omblets, each bomblet having a pressure-sensitive fuze capable of being controlled by the presence and absence of a predetermined pressure in the cannister.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1971
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Matthew E. Anderson, Stephen L. Redmond, John W. Horky, Leo V. Krolak